Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling told Feng Qing'er that he had hidden an Ancient Void Dragon Scale near the Phoenix Mausoleum to draw the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's forces away and create an opening for their plan. While they waited on the island, they shared a quiet evening together; elsewhere, several clan members entered a remote ravine to investigate an unusual aura.

• Xiao Ling assured Feng Qing'er that the island had no hidden observers and revealed that he had planted Zhu Li's Ancient Void Dragon Scale near the Phoenix Mausoleum.
• Xiao Ling explained that the scale would provoke the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to search the area and potentially weaken the mausoleum's defenses.
• Feng Qing'er received visiting clansmen while Xiao Ling stayed concealed, then joined him on the roof and complained about having little time to cultivate.
• Xiao Ling cooked dinner with Feng Qing'er, and they spent the evening together before looking up at the stars.
• Several Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Dou Zong members entered a remote mountain ravine, sensed an unusual aura, and began searching for its source.

Sky Demon Phoenix clansmen found a purple scale that an elder identified as belonging to an Ancient Void Dragon, prompting Huang Tian and the clan elders to launch an extensive search. Huang Tian suspected the scale had been deliberately planted, but he could not determine why and remained confident in the clan’s strength.

• Sky Demon Phoenix clansmen discovered a purple scale whose pressure stirred fear and disgust in their bloodlines, then carried it back for appraisal.
• A Sky Demon Phoenix elder recognized the scale as belonging to an Ancient Void Dragon and urgently reported it to the clan’s leaders.
• Huang Tian and the peak elders discussed the possibility of an Ancient Void Dragon infiltrator and ordered a vigilant search across several thousand miles around the discovery site.
• Huang Tian concluded that the scale had been deliberately placed because he sensed no nearby Ancient Void Dragon aura and considered an infiltration unlikely given the divided state of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Huang Tian remained unable to explain the scale’s appearance but trusted the clan’s strength while awaiting the search’s findings.

Huang Tian decided to investigate the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and exploit its internal conflicts, while Xiao Ling used the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s search for an Ancient Void Dragon scale as cover to infiltrate the Phoenix Mausoleum. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling probing the hidden space that contained the mausoleum.

• Huang Tian ordered Phoenix to monitor developments related to the Ancient Void Dragon scale, then set out to meet the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s faction leaders and secretly worsen their divisions.
• Xiao Ling and Feng Qing'er discussed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s search for the scale, and Xiao Ling decided the distraction made it the right time to enter the Phoenix Mausoleum.
• Feng Qing'er warned Xiao Ling to protect himself and declared she would follow him in death if anything happened to him; Xiao Ling kissed her and departed.
• Xiao Ling followed Feng Qing'er’s map to the lifeless mountains at the northern edge of the clan territory, where the hidden Phoenix Mausoleum was located.
• Xiao Ling concealed himself in a tree and activated his Spiritual Power and Destiny Talisman to search for the special space containing the Phoenix Mausoleum.

Xiao Ling and the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone opened a passage through the hidden Space Barrier protecting the Phoenix Mausoleum, then Xiao Ling entered the chaotic Space Rift alone. He struggled through the violent Space Turbulence toward the mausoleum’s isolated space, relying on his spatial shield to endure.

• Xiao Ling detected the hidden space containing the Phoenix Mausoleum and asked the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone to help him reach it.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone revealed the Space Barrier and concealed the disturbance while Xiao Ling attacked it with his Space Power and the Destiny Talisman.
• Xiao Ling shattered the barrier, entered the Space Rift, and watched the opening close behind him.
• Xiao Ling shielded himself from the violent Space Turbulence and raced toward the relatively stable space of the Phoenix Mausoleum.

Xiao Ling infiltrated the Phoenix Mausoleum to find a high-grade Heaven Demon Phoenix Monster Core for Zi Yan. After bypassing the mausoleum’s restrictions and heading deeper inside, he reached an imposing altar and tombstone that might mark one of his targets.

• Xiao Ling survived the spatial turbulence and entered the Phoenix Mausoleum, finding no living presence inside.
• Xiao Ling passed through the Mausoleum Gate and used the Ancestor Spirit’s help to understand the mausoleum’s deadly restrictions.
• Xiao Ling pressed deeper into the mausoleum, determined to obtain a Monster Core to help Zi Yan cultivate and break through.
• Xiao Ling discovered a massive altar with a Heaven Demon Phoenix statue and an ancient tombstone, which might belong to a suitable target.

Xiao Ling found a Ninth Order Heaven Demon Phoenix ancestor’s tomb in the Phoenix Mausoleum and tried to enter its space for the Monster Core, while the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone delayed the tomb’s defenses. The statue detected Xiao Ling as an intruder, but he forced his way through a Space Rift, leaving the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone to hold back the statue as it began to collapse.

• Xiao Ling identified the tombstone’s occupant as a Ninth Order Heaven Demon Phoenix who had once matched a human Three-star Dou Saint, and decided the Monster Core was worth the risk.
• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone placed overlapping barriers around Xiao Ling and the altar to delay the tomb’s restrictions.
• Xiao Ling opened a Space Rift, but the statue detected him and trapped him in a pale-blue beam that turned crimson as its defenses activated.
• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone urged Xiao Ling to focus on the rift, and Xiao Ling used his Dou Qi to break through the crimson suppression and escape into it.
• The statue cracked and neared collapse, so the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone used light patterns to brace it and slow its destruction.

Xiao Ling crossed the Space Rift and found the Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix corpse in a strange blood pool, but the corpse suddenly awakened an ancient energy reaction. As waves of red energy surged toward the corpse, Xiao Ling remained on guard, unsure what the phenomenon would unleash.

• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone struggled to keep the Sky Demon Phoenix statue from collapsing as the Space Rift closed, then hoped Xiao Ling would survive the journey.
• Xiao Ling navigated the violent Space Turbulence and emerged in a boundless void with a solid, blood-red pool beneath him.
• Xiao Ling sensed a powerful energy source and found the enormous corpse of a Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix lying in the pool.
• Xiao Ling sensed the corpse react to his arrival, retreated into the air, and prepared for danger.
• The corpse erupted with concentrated white energy that struck the blood pool and sent ancient ripples across its surface.
• Ripples began contracting toward the corpse, and the blood pool boiled as dense streams of red energy rushed toward it.

Xiao Ling fought the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse after energy from the blood pool awakened its Remnant Soul. He overcame its black flames by combining his Heavenly Flames with the Destiny Talisman’s power, and his gathered fire began to take an enormous shape.

• Xiao Ling tested the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse with a flame lotus, but the corpse awakened, swallowed the attack, and rose from the blood pool.
• Xiao Ling sensed a faint Remnant Soul controlling the corpse and realized it had awakened after absorbing energy from the blood pool.
• The Sky Demon Phoenix corpse spoke and unleashed a torrent of black flames at Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling countered with a sea of Heavenly Flames, but their collision with the black fire shook the space and sent towering waves through the blood pool.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Destiny Talisman and fused its crimson flames with his sea of fire, overpowering and extinguishing the corpse’s black flames.
• Xiao Ling’s remaining multicolored flames gathered and began forming an enormous shape.

Xiao Ling fought the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse and discovered that a Remnant Soul controlled it. He used a soul attack to destroy the Remnant Soul, leaving the corpse without its controller.

• Xiao Ling’s Flame Giant Dragon struck the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse, scorching its chest but failing to cause serious damage.
• The enraged Sky Demon Phoenix charged Xiao Ling, who escaped its claws by using Space Power to appear far behind it.
• Xiao Ling gathered his Spiritual Power and launched Soul Guidance · Heart Burning at the Sky Demon Phoenix’s forehead.
• Xiao Ling’s soul blade pierced into the corpse’s consciousness space and exposed the Remnant Soul bound by scarlet chains.
• The silver-white torrent erased the Remnant Soul, leaving its consciousness space wrecked.

Xiao Ling killed the Remnant Soul controlling the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse, recovered its Ninth Order Monster Core and stored the body in his Portable Space. The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone warned him that the statue sealing the space was about to collapse, so Xiao Ling prepared to escape with its help.

• Xiao Ling thoroughly scanned the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse and confirmed that no soul or life fluctuations remained.
• Xiao Ling cut open the corpse and extracted its Ninth Order Monster Core, then stored the core and the corpse in his Portable Space.
• The Ancestral Stone glowed, and the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone warned Xiao Ling that the sealing statue was breaking down and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts might soon arrive.
• Xiao Ling told the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone that he had obtained everything he needed and was preparing to leave.
• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone offered its full assistance to help Xiao Ling escape the depths of the Phoenix Mausoleum safely.

Xiao Ling escaped the blood-filled space through a rift and returned to Yan as the Sky Demon Phoenix statue neared collapse. Yan prepared their escape formation and used Eighth Rank Monster Cores to charge Yao Chen’s Spatial Jade Slip, which awakened Yao Chen’s will as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Ling seized the Meteor God Weapon, tore open a Space Rift, and plunged through it to escape the blood pool.
• Yan waited outside the independent space as the Sky Demon Phoenix statue crumbled and threatened to expose the seal within it.
• Xiao Ling returned through a spatial rift, gave Yan Yao Chen’s Spatial Jade Slip and several dozen Eighth Rank Monster Cores, and prepared to flee.
• Yan formed an energy-amplifying formation and poured the Monster Cores’ power into the Spatial Jade Slip.
• Xiao Ling used a drop of his blood to activate the jade slip, causing Yao Chen’s will to appear in an energy-formed figure.

Xiao Ling summoned Yao Chen’s will to help him escape the Phoenix Mausoleum before the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could respond. After Yao Chen weakened the clan realm’s Space Barrier with the Great Creation Palm, Xiao Ling used his Destiny Talisman to strike the cracking barrier, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Xiao Ling explained the crisis to Yao Chen’s will and asked him to break through the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s spatial barrier.
• Yao Chen used the Great Creation Palm to shatter space and batter the realm’s outer barrier, while the Sky Demon Phoenix statue collapsed and sent an alarm to the clan.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Ling to use his own methods to finish breaking the barrier.
• Xiao Ling poured his Spiritual Power into the Destiny Talisman and launched Silver Firmament Space-Splitting Meteor at the weakened barrier.

Xiao Ling escaped the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s realm through a rift in the Space Barrier and emerged in a forest in the Beast Region. He activated Zhu Li’s specially prepared dragon scale to summon him, while pursuing Half-Saint elders entered the unstable rift behind him.

• A Half-Saint elder discovered an alarm from the Phoenix Mausoleum and reported it to the clan’s leaders instead of going there alone.
• Xiao Ling and Yao Chen shattered the Space Barrier, and Xiao Ling fled through the resulting Space Rift as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s forces rushed toward them.
• Elder Phoenix ordered the Half-Saint elders to pursue the intruders, and they forced their way through the rapidly closing rift.
• Xiao Ling emerged in a primeval forest, judged that he was still in the Beast Region, and infused Zhu Li’s purple Ancient Void Dragon scale with Dou Qi.
• Zhu Li sensed Xiao Ling’s summons and realized that he had escaped the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Xiao Ling confirmed that he had obtained the high-grade Sky Demon Phoenix Monster Core and escaped with Zhu Li toward East Dragon Island as Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan pursuers closed in. Elder Phoenix discovered the theft of the clan ancestor’s remains, but her search for the intruders found no clues.

• Xiao Ling told Zhu Li that he had obtained the Monster Core and that it was suitable for Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ling and Zhu Li sensed Half-Saint elders approaching, then fled through a Space Rift toward East Dragon Island with Xiao Ling riding on Zhu Li’s dragon form.
• Yao Chen watched them depart, erased their spatial traces, and left before the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elders arrived and found nothing.
• Elder Phoenix discovered that the altar in the Phoenix Mausoleum had been destroyed and the Dou Saint ancestor’s remains stolen.
• Elder Phoenix caught up with the elders, heard that they had found no trace of the intruders, and failed to locate them herself despite searching with her Dou Saint strength.

Phoenix blamed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s stolen treasure and vowed to seek an explanation. Xiao Ling and Zhu Li arrived at East Dragon Island, where Xiao Ling met its First and Second Elders and learned they were guarding Zi Yan.

• A Heaven Demon Phoenix elder argued that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was behind the theft, and Phoenix agreed that the clues pointed to them.
• Phoenix told her clansmen she would hold the Ancient Void Dragon Clan accountable and vowed to repay the humiliation.
• Zhu Li carried Xiao Ling through the Space Barrier to East Dragon Island, where Xiao Ling saw the island suspended in a black void.
• Xiao Ling and Zhu Li descended to the island’s central mountain while patrols respectfully greeted Zhu Li and studied Xiao Ling with curiosity.
• Elder Qing Shan and Elder Qing Mu appeared and welcomed Xiao Ling, thanking him for helping Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Ling showed Qing Shan, Qing Mu, and Zhu Li the Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix Monster Core he had stolen and learned the full story of Zi Yan’s dangerous, slow absorption of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. The elders expected the core to improve her condition, but their sudden decision to leave left Xiao Ling wondering what helping Zi Yan would require.

• Xiao Ling revealed the Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix Monster Core, and Qing Shan, Qing Mu, and Zhu Li marveled at its power and thanked him for obtaining it.
• Qing Shan and Qing Mu led Xiao Ling and Zhu Li to the altar where Zi Yan lay unconscious amid energy leaking from the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Qing Shan explained that Zi Yan could not absorb the fruit’s immense energy quickly enough, and Zhu Kun had used his remaining Consciousness Body to prevent her from becoming an energy-crystallized shell.
• Qing Mu said the Ninth Order Monster Core should greatly improve Zi Yan’s absorption, while Xiao Ling resolved to help her recover.
• Qing Shan, Qing Mu, and Zhu Li prepared to leave the altar, and Xiao Ling stopped them to ask why they were leaving him to handle Zi Yan’s condition.

Xiao Ling began using a Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix Monster Core to help Zi Yan absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s power, but her Ancient Void Dragon energy overwhelmed the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix energy and destabilized the process. He realized the monster core needed to be catalyzed so the Heavenly Phoenix phantom could truly absorb its power, and prepared to use Heavenly Flames.

• Elder Qing Shan explained that Zhu Kun had ordered Xiao Ling to handle Zi Yan’s treatment alone, and he and the other elders left the hall.
• Xiao Ling approached Zi Yan on the altar and opened the jade box containing the Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix Monster Core.
• The energies within Zi Yan formed Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantoms, but her stronger purple dragon energy disrupted their balance and caused her visible pain.
• Xiao Ling reasoned that Zi Yan needed help mastering and fusing the Dragon Phoenix energies, and brought the monster core close to the Heavenly Phoenix phantom.
• After investigating, Xiao Ling found that the Heavenly Phoenix phantom could not effectively absorb the monster core’s power, unlike the dragon phantom’s connection to Zi Yan’s bloodline.
• Xiao Ling concluded that Heavenly Flames could catalyze and guide the monster core’s energy into the Heavenly Phoenix phantom.

Xiao Ling refined a Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix Monster Core to strengthen Zi Yan’s Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom and balance it with her Ancient Void Dragon phantom. The balanced origins flowed into Zi Yan, beginning her Dragon Phoenix transformation as she remained unconscious.

• Xiao Ling used his Heavenly Flames to refine the Ninth Order Sky Demon Phoenix Monster Core, and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom absorbed the released energy.
• As the phantom strengthened, Zi Yan’s pallor eased, and Xiao Ling intensified the refining to help balance the Heavenly Phoenix and Ancient Void Dragon forces.
• After absorbing more than half the Monster Core’s energy, the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom swallowed the remaining core and reached a balance with the Ancient Void Dragon phantom.
• Zi Yan rose into the air as the two phantoms circled her and poured their purple and golden origin energies into her body.
• The converging energies raised Zi Yan’s strength and transformed her body and appearance, while her internal changes continued.

Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s immense power, and Xiao Ling helped ease her pain by taking in some of its energy through their kiss. The transferred energy strengthened Xiao Ling and was expected to bring him to the Half-Saint level, while Zi Yan recovered and teased him about keeping up with her.

• The Dragon and Phoenix phantoms entered Zi Yan as the energy inside her surged, leaving her in severe pain and disoriented.
• Xiao Ling rushed to support Zi Yan, and she kissed him, transferring part of the overwhelming energy into his body.
• The pure energy restored Xiao Ling’s Dou Qi and strengthened his physique and Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art while easing Zi Yan’s pain.
• Zi Yan pulled away and told Xiao Ling she felt better, explaining that she had wanted to help him in return for his efforts.
• Xiao Ling estimated that the energy could raise him to the Half-Saint level, and Zi Yan playfully warned him to keep improving so he could keep up with her.

Xiao Ling helped Zi Yan stabilize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy, and she began refining it in seclusion as he left the hall. He reassured the Ancient Dragon elders that her crisis had passed, then arranged to remain on Ancient Dragon Island to cultivate.

• Zi Yan promised to refine and absorb the energy within her, shared a tender kiss with Xiao Ling, and urged him to leave so she could cultivate.
• Xiao Ling departed through a spatial gate, and Zi Yan settled on the altar and formed a cocoon of purple-gold energy as her transformation began.
• Xiao Ling emerged from the hall and told Qing Mu, Qing Shan, and Zhu Li that Zi Yan’s condition was resolved and she could safely absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy.
• Xiao Ling predicted that Zi Yan would restore the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s prestige and unite the Four Directions Dragon Island, prompting the elders to thank him.
• Xiao Ling asked to stay on Ancient Dragon Island to cultivate, and Zhu Li and Qing Mu agreed to arrange a quiet residence and assist him.